Isiqalaba: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Isiqalaba in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Faurea macnaughtonii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Faurea natalensis Phill.) (in honor of C.B. McNaughton, Conservator of Forests in the Midland Conservancy of the Cape Colony in the 1890’s.
2) Isiqalaba is also identified with Faurea saligna.
3) Isiqalaba is also identified with Protea caffra It has the synonym Scolymocephalus caffer (Meisn.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1856)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· Kew Bulletin (1910)
· Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (Harvey) (1912)
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Starts with: Isiqalabasentaba.
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